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Originally Posted by shadroch  I asked this in another thread but perhaps it wasn't seen. Steve talks about people buying multiple books and supposedly abusing the coupons. I bought four books this year. Next year I was planning on buying a few more.
At what point has someone crossed from educated consumer to coupon abuser? |
I don't know that there is an absolute definition of a "coupon abuser," but I can give you my thoughts.
First of all, I think the only time there is a problem is when it comes to gambling coupons. As far as food, room or drink coupons are concerned, I don't think there is a problem. However, we did have a problem two years ago with Station Casinos even though they did not have any gambling coupons in the book.
That seemed to be a case of people counterfeiting coupons which was definitely "abuse" and it led to Station Casinos declining to participate with us again.
As far as gambling coupons are concerned, I would say that if you buy four books and use the coupons througout the year I wouldn't consider that abuse. If, however, you buy four books and try to use the coupons all in one casino visit then I would consider that "abuse."
All you do in a case like that, if the casino catches on to what you are doing, is upset the people at the casino. If a lot of people do this then the casino begins to question the usefulness of their coupons and it could lead to cancellation of their participation.
To sum it up, I would say that if you find it necessary to hide your multiple coupon use from the casino's personnel by switching tables and using them on different shifts to avoid being noticed, then that would constitute "abuse."